ENGLISH SKILLS

Choose the correct word from the options given.

On average, Iceland ---------------------------- a major volcanic event once every 5 years.

• covered

• experiences

• spread

• explodes

Choose the word with the correct spelling.

Worse, she was ------------------------------ her grip on the magic within her.

• LOOSING

• LOSING

• LOST

Identify the literary device used in the sentence.

Bees busily buzz as they fly from flower to flower.

• Repetition

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Choose the correct spelling.

• Rechargable

• Rechargeable

• Rechargaeble

The sentence given below is an example of -------------------

I am counting my calories, yet I really want dessert.

• Compound Complex

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

John, who wrote an amazing paragraph, is very happy with his grade.

The sentence given above is a-------------------------- sentence

• Complex

• Compound Complex

Choose the correct punctuation.

The airport is about to shut down because of the snow and if the plane doesn't land soon , it will have to go on to Boston.

• snow, and

• snow; and

• snow. And

• snow : and

The show begins at 7:30 make sure you're there before 7:15.

• This sentence is correct

• 7:30, make

• 7:30. Make

Read each of the following sentences, and choose the one that does not contain any errors.

• Waiting for the weather to clear up; they played chess indoors for hours.

• We planted the following vegetables in our garden: carrots, corn, pumpkins, and zucchini.

• Having purchased noodles, sprouts, and fish sauce at the grocery store; Lin was ready to prepare dinner.

• Under the light of moon we sat and watched a movie at the drive in theater.

"Next to my neighbors house"

In the sentence above, what does the author fail to include?

• An apostrophe in neighbors

• A subject and a verb

• End punctuation

• All of the above